Wild Rabbits are plentiful here. We sell them for £1 each and that is cleaned and oven ready! Our main problem is deer. The European Union banned the sale of venison (wild), unless it was meat inspected. How are you supposed to take a veterinary surgeon on a deer shoot. Veterinary surgeons are expensive; let alone to get one for a day. However the E.U. do allow wild deer to be sold from non E.U. members that is not meat inspected, but we cannot sell our own wild deer!. Farmed deer is very popular, as it is organic and has little fat. Deer over here are a problem in the damage they do to our forestry, agriculture, horticulture, gardens and even parks.
Hares are plentiful and make good eating, along with Pheasants, Grouse, Partridge and Guinea fowl.
Regards from someone who loves Rabbit Pie.
Neil.
